Talk:Comparison of mail servers

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SmarterMail?

Where's this?

Sendmail on Windows

Just checked http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial&hs=TQk&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=sendmail+on+windows&spell=1

and there are several versions of sendmail available for windows.  Jjk (talk) 13:54, 30 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sendmail is NOT on Windows. It used to be, but now the project is known as IndigoMail and is propriety software. 82.23.60.119 (talk) 15:32, 17 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

NNTP

this is absurd. i realize that some MTA's support NNTP, but it is not a mail protocol, never has been, and never will be. it's one of those 'let's throw this in too' features, because it's a relatively lightweight protocol. it may be a feature of some mailservers, but since it's not a core email component, i think it has no business being in a comparison chart of email servers. any objections to removing it? Anastrophe (talk) 19:06, 8 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Absolutely right. This table mixes MTAs/MDAs/and more things. Would make sense to make different tables or to split the columns by functionality. Nkuttler (talk) 19:04, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the fact that NNTP is not really related to SMTP & email, BUT that column doesn't take up any room, and if the information is real, then I think we should just leave it there, it doesn't really hurt. Alchaemist (talk) 12:21, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

hMail?

hMailServer is a GPL MTA for Windows. I can't find neither an Article for it nor an entry in this list. I'll add an Article in a few days Subbu (talk) 07:30, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Edit: Sorry, Found the article :-/ -Subbu (talk) 09:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Dovecot?

Dovecot (http://www.dovecot.org/) is a good IMAP/POP3 server that should probably be added to the comparison. There is a very basic page covering it already http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dovecot_%28software%29. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.165.163.222 (talk) 18:09, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

bincIMAP?

Seems to just be an IMAP server, like Dovecot. No smTP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.61.38.222 (talk) 03:55, 28 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Purge redlinks and extlinks?

The general rule of thumb for list and comparison articles is that only items which are notable enough to have their own articles should be listed/compared. Accordingly, I propose to purge all the redlinked and extlinked items from the page. Please give your views on this.

Does anybody object to purging the list in principle?
Does anybody think that any of the specific redlinked/extlinked items should be kept as they are notable enough to deserve an article? If so, can they make a stub for the item(s)?
Does anybody know of any of the redlinked/extlinked articles having an article which they are not correctly linked to? If so, can they correct the links?

--DanielRigal (talk) 21:20, 27 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

OK I have done it now. --DanielRigal (talk) 22:22, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Antispam features

I added a section for antispam features, something that is really important and relevant when choosing a MTA. I added the columns I considered most important, and the info on those that I know of. But most of it is yet with "?". I'll try to find the time to slowly fill up that table. However, everybody that knows of these features is welcomed to help. Regards! Alchaemist (talk) 12:18, 14 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Anti-spam features are usually very important when choosing an MTA (as mentioned above) - but usually much less so when choosing an MDA (i.e. it should already have been taken care of by the MTA). With that in mind why is Cyrus-IMAP in the anti-spam features section? Being an MDA, it does really have much need for anti-spam features, comparing it to an MDA makes Cyrus-IMAP look bad (to those who don't realise that it is an MDA and not an MTA). Whilst on the subject, shouldn't the main comparison table separate separate MDAs, MTAs and combined mail servers? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.103.195.144 (talk) 09:02, 17 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

--edit, just noticed that mixing up of MTAs and MDAs has already been mentioned.

Sortable columns?

Is there a way to make the columns sortable? With the two-row header, I don't know if it's possible. --Duncan (talk) 15:09, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

storage format (more db/fs detail)

I think it would be incredibly useful if, instead of simply saying "yes/no" for database or filesystem storage support, it would mention which solutions (e.g. Informix/MySQL/Postgres, maildir/mbox/MIX) are supported. ⇔ ChristTrekker 08:02, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I agree, there is a lot of variation within each category and there are probably hybrid systems too. Gathering all the data would be a lot of work though. --DanielRigal (talk) 15:16, 12 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]